• Serendipity May Blog Hop!

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    Welcome to the Serendipity May Blog Hop! We are showing off some beautiful new dies & images! If you arrived here from  Jenny’s Blog ,  you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.
    The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs.  So be sure  to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through May 3rd to leave your comments & Mary will announce the winner on her blog on May 4th.     Special:  Free Shipping on US orders of $15 or more.  Good Friday May 1 to Sunday May 3rd.
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    Are you ready for summer & summer vacations? If this cute camper doesn’t get you in the mood I don’t know what will. I know they are usually a silver color, but it’s my camper & I wanted some bright colors. After coloring it with Copics, I fussy cut around the top because I already knew I wanted it to sit on top of a frame with the US map inside a window. Then I had to make a background for my map. I’ve done a different version of Bokeh before, but for this one, I started by sponging on the colors, then used circle masks, a pencil eraser & a Q-tip with white pigment ink to make the Bokeh circles. Here’s a look at the background before I stamped the map.
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    I also added a few darker spots w/ the eraser and the same ink pads just for a little contrast. Then I stamped the map & added the frame with the greeting stamped on the right. The die cut Enjoy was added in the left corner.These are the Copics I used for the camper.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Camper, US Map, Home is Where You Park It
    Paper: Neenah white, X-Press It white, small piece of black (for backing on Enjoy die)
    Ink:  Versafine onyx, Memento tuxedo black, Kaleidacolor melon melody & riviera pads, Colorbox frost white pigment
    Accessories:  Serendipity Enjoy die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, stitched rectangle dies, black Candi dot


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    My next card was almost entirely paper piecing. I’ve had this big pad of fun summertime papers for a while & they are a little cartoonish but so colorful. I thought it would be fun with this fun new Hammock image.
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    I die cut the paper with a stitched rectangle die utilizing the cute sun & clouds already on the paper. A stitched hill die was used to cut the bottom part of the paper and add it on top (it’s a 12 x 12 pad). The hammock image was pieced using a couple of different areas & papers from the same collection. I did have to rearrange the greeting a bit in order to fit it around the hammock & I added the Relax die cut on top.Copics were used to color the tree, sky and stripes of the hammock & these are the colors I used.
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    On the inside, I used some of the left over papers.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Hammock, Rest Relax , Happy BirthdayII (inside)
    Paper: X-Press It white, dp (
    Ink:  Versafine onyx, Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories:  Serendipity Relax die,stitched rectangle dies, stitched hill dies, Copic markers

    Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s Blog. I know she’ll have something wonderful to show you! Here’s the hop list, in case you get lost:

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    I’m entering my first card in the Curtain Call -Travel On Challenge!
    And also in the CAS-ual Friday CFC139 Challenge!


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  • Grad Boys

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    Well the Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast (SC538) seemed like a real challenge and I needed some Grad cards, so these are what I made. I did have to flip sides with the sketch and put that little bar (#4) at the bottom. 
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    Two of my husband’s nephews are graduating soon, so I really needed to get these made. I think the sketch worked out great and as long as I was making one, another didn’t seem like a big deal. The only changes were the colors. I used the colors of their respective schools. I did find my new Misti purchase helped me out a lot on these cards. I used it to stamp the grad boy once with Memento (so I could color with Copics) but I left it just where it was while I colored it. Then I inked the image with Versafine and stamped on top. With solid images like this, it really made a difference.
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    And this is for the second nephew. Identical except for the colors. 
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    Here’s a look at the inside…the second one is the same, just different colors.

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    These are the Copics I used for both..orange & blue for the second & red & gray for the first.
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    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs –  Male Graduate, Congrats Address Frame (behind greeting). Sun Shine Bright, Congratulations Graduate (inside)
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx, Colorbox charcoal chalk ink, Memento Moroccan 
    Paper: X-Press It white, Neenah white, lt & dk silver fleck gray, scarlet, orange, royal blue
    Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders circle & matting basics  A & B dies, Candi dots , Stripes embossing folder (Paper Crafts)

     


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  • Little Peony

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    For today’s Color Challenge on Splitcoast (CC528), we have soft colors..sky, pink & sand. I had some designer paper that had close to the same colors so I built my card around it. I’m not sure why the peony looks sort of orangey here..in real life, it’s a lot more pinky. 
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    After I water colored the peony & background, I used the out of the box technique to die cut it. I added a white layer then put it back on top of the larger background I cut it from originally. Another white layer then it was added to the stitched layer along with the piece of dp. 
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    The Happy was die cut 3 times & stacked together for more dimension, then a few sequins added for a little sparkle. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Peony, Happy Birthday
    Paper: Neenah white, dp (MME), water color paper
    Ink:  Versafine onyx
    Accessories:  Serendipity Happy die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Lil’ Inkers stitched rectangle dies, sequins, water colors

    I’m also adding this to the Simon Says Monday Challenge ..anything goes!


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